OT: And you thought the world was sane... - Page 13

Wardad · #**121** September 13th, 2003, 12:54 AM

There is a plan afoot from those Aussies to take over Europe. They are sneaking in, using the problems within EU as cover.
The latest intrusion is a kangaroo running loose in Belgium. Cops had to use helicopters to find it and get it into a zoo.
This is the second attack using kangaroos. There is one running loose in Sweden too. It has never been seen, but it is out there somewhere, just waiting to attack.
Strange how such an animal can travel 600 km in 12 hours. That�s as far apart as it has been observed.

Kamog · #**122** September 13th, 2003, 07:18 AM

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Originally posted by Wardad:
YOU can try this yourself: Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or a shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things - no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it, (that should tell you something) it does not rot, or smell differently.

A friend of mine said that he accidentally dropped a Macdonald's hamburger on the ground and he left it there. A couple of weeks later, it was still sitting there intact.

Jack Simth · #**123** September 13th, 2003, 07:23 AM

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Originally posted by Wardad:
Strange how such an animal can travel 600 km in 12 hours. That�s as far apart as it has been observed.

That's only about 30 mph or so - there are several animals that can manage that - shucks, modern olympic sprinters routinely break 60 mph (for less than a minute, but still...)- why not kangaroos?

narf poit chez BOOM · #**124** September 13th, 2003, 07:30 AM

60 mph? you sure?

dogscoff · #**125** September 15th, 2003, 09:37 AM

Kangaroo endurance.

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"Bed good. World bad."
- Me, this morning.

Fyron · #**126** September 15th, 2003, 09:44 AM

Umm... modern olympists might go 20-25 MPH, certainly not 60... it is impossible for a human being to run anywhere near 60 MPH for any period of time (unless you do silly things like have them run on a fast moving automated sidewalk thingie)...

Wardad · #**127** September 15th, 2003, 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Umm... modern olympists might go 20-25 MPH, certainly not 60... it is impossible for a human being to run anywhere near 60 MPH for any period of time (unless you do silly things like have them run on a fast moving automated sidewalk thingie)...

Fyron, what is the source of that?

oleg · #**128** September 15th, 2003, 05:42 PM

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Originally posted by Wardad:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Umm... modern olympists might go 20-25 MPH, certainly not 60... it is impossible for a human being to run anywhere near 60 MPH for any period of time (unless you do silly things like have them run on a fast moving automated sidewalk thingie)...

Fyron, what is the source of that?

Current World record for 100m ?

dogscoff · #**129** September 15th, 2003, 05:51 PM

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(unless you do silly things like have them run on a fast moving automated sidewalk thingie)...

Whenever I see two of those people conveyer things side by side in opposite dierction,( ie in airports) I always want to get a friend and go jousting on them. On bikes=-)

I guess I 've been watching to much jackass.

Kamog · #**130** September 16th, 2003, 09:27 AM

In crowded areas, it's faster to walk on the ground than to go on those conveyer things. A bunch of people jam onto the conveyer and once you get on, you can't move. If you just walk at a normal pace beside the converyer, you can go faster than those things.

You can usually get upstairs faster by using the stairs than using the escalator or elevator, too. Also, you get some exercise.